The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

"Running has always been a big thing in our family. Especially from the police."
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  • ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: April 30, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1962
  • Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,446
Rating: 4/4 -- One of the best of the British 'Angry Young Man films.' Full Review
TV Guide
Aug 4, 2008
Rating: 5/5 -- The counter-Hollywood bloody-mindedness packs a knockout punch. Full Review
Guardian
Nov 19, 2002
Rating: 5/5 -- Ultimately, Richardson's pot-shots at consumerism and class have lost some urgency, but the nihilistic, punky buzz packs an immortal wallop. Classic. Full Review
Total Film
Aug 4, 2008
Richardson, the producer and director, makes his point clearly enough, but at quite a price: bias trailing off into parody, forcefulness impaired by stylistic inconsistency, a dispiriting familiarity of approach. Full Review
Monthly Film Bulletin
Feb 5, 2018
The film's numerous flashbacks make heavy weather of the essentially simple story, but they fail to spoil its honesty and sardonic humor. Sir Michael Redgrave portrays, without any taint of caricature, a hearty reform school governor... Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Oct 7, 2019
The performance of Tom Courtenay and the imaginative, if sometimes overfussy, direction of Tony Richardson, plus some standout lensing by Walter Lassally makes this a worthwhile pic. Full Review
Variety
Aug 4, 2008
More allegory from the depths of the British kitchen sink. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 1, 2000

Description by OLDIES.com:

"Running has always been a big thing in our family. Especially from the police." So says taut-jawed, wary-eyed Colin, a promising distance runner. For working-class reform school inmate Colin, the opposition isn't another runner. It's the Establishment.

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  • Sales Rank: 22,038
  • UPC: 883316734483
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